AAM ARCA BHG
1893 - 1986
Canadian
Byward Market, Ottawa
oil on board
signed and on verso titled and inscribed "Miss Maw [or May], 172 Ottawa St, Ottawa"
10 x 13 in, 25.4 x 33 cm
Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000 CAD
Sold for: $111,150
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
A.K. Prakash, Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists, 2008, page 156
The history of the Byward Market in Ottawa is the history of working-class folk, of farmers and industry. Although today it is best known for its trendy restaurants and boutiques, this was not always so. The Market area was, until two or three decades ago, simply known as Lowertown, Ottawa’s oldest blue-collar neighbourhood and the hub of the city’s French inhabitants. York Street was the farmers’ street, lined with all sorts of store shops, sidewalk sellers and fruit stands. Kathleen Morris has created a portal to the past in her animated painting Byward Market, Ottawa. A.K. Prakash compliments Morris on her insightful vision, writing that, “Each painting is a window on the past, offering visions of pioneer fortitude to modern generations seeking inspiration and a refuge from the present...she immortalizes her experience through the imagination of a poet.” Her vivacious use of colour and detail help us to envision the bustling noise, sights and smells of this lively market scene.
Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000 CAD
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